Lead Software Engineer - Growth
ArcadeAI Product company
San Francisco, United States$170,000-$260,000 USDLead
Canaan Partners
Forerunner Ventures
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead Software Engineer to own Growth engineering, driving developer activation and experience.
- •Arcade is building the infrastructure for AI applications, enabling AI models to take real-world actions.
- •This role focuses on the Growth engineering team, responsible for making the developer journey from signup to valuable usage as fast and effortless as possible.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the technical direction and delivery for Growth engineering, including activation flows, onboarding, billing, and developer experience.
- •Ship code daily across the full stack (React, Go, Python) and make architectural decisions for scalability.
- •Lead a small team of engineers, setting technical standards and providing mentorship.
- •Build the experimentation and measurement layer for data-driven activation experiments.
- •Reduce time-to-value by eliminating friction in key developer workflows.
- •Requirements 7+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
- •Deep backend and systems expertise in Go and/or Python, with experience in PostgreSQL and distributed systems.
- •Architectural fluency across the full stack, understanding service, frontend, and data layer integration.
- •Frontend savvy with the ability to contribute to and review React codebases.
- •Experience leading small teams, including code review, technical mentorship, and architectural decision-making.
Required skills
GoPythonReactTypeScriptPostgreSQLOAuthGitLinuxREST APITechnical Leadership
Nice-to-have skills
Product-Led GrowthA/B Testing
Domain expertise
developer-toolsaiproductivity
Tech stack
PythonGoTypeScriptReactPostgreSQLOAuthGitLinuxREST API